Prosecutors won't say why they withdrew their intent to seek the death penalty against a couple accused of murdering their ...

His defense argued the prosecution “shirked its responsibility” to disclose evidence on time and, in turn, violated the court ...

If the governor is squeamish about the firing squad, perhaps he should be squeamish about the death penalty. | Opinion ...

Everyone thinks human life is valuable. Some of those against capital punishment believe that human life is so valuable that even the worst murderers should not be deprived of the value of their ...

During the protest, students chanted slogans such as “Justice, justice, we want justice,” "We want the rapists hanged," and "Who are you, who am I, Asiya, Asiya." ...

Not that Biden meant anything he said. In 2024, in the ultimate weasel move, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of federal ...

Executions by firing squad are permitted in five states, but the new law will make Idaho the only state in which death by ...

Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr. argued against the capital punishment method of nitrogen hypoxia in a Baton Rouge federal court on Friday. The hearing occurred a week after Hoffman filed a ...

The argument about potential sentencing measures comes as Judge Steven Hippler warns defense attorneys and prosecutors on the ...

A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

South Carolina’s execution law says prisoners will be killed by electrocution unless they choose the firing squad or lethal ...